Report: Children in Appalachia worse off

COLUMBUS (AP) — A new report from a child welfare organization shows that children in Ohio’s Appalachian counties are worse off than kids in inner-city neighborhoods.

The report from the Children’s Defense Fund-Ohio says children in Ohio’s eastern and southern counties are increasingly at a disadvantage. They are more likely to suffer from hunger, obesity and a lack of health care than kids in the rest of the state.

The report shows that slightly more than 28 percent of children in Ohio’s 32-county Appalachian region live in poverty, according to The Columbus Dispatch.